News in the Pews

WEEK COMMENCING 12th SEPTEMBER 2010

SERVICES SUNDAY 12th SEPTEMBER TRINITY 15

8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. Holy Communion (CW) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar

6.30 p.m. Evensong at Burton Overy
Leader The Vicar

SERVICES NEXT SUNDAY 19th SEPTEMBER TRINITY 16

8.30 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) at Great Glen
Celebrant The Vicar

10.30 a.m. All-Age Service and Baptism at Burton Overy
Leader The Vicar
Preacher Angela Allen

6.30 p.m. M.P. Evensong at Great Glen
Leader The Vicar

At Communion Services
If you are a communicant member of a Christian Church, you are welcome to come up to receive the bread and wine. Otherwise you are welcome to either remain in your seat or come up to receive a blessing. Keeping your hands down by your side will signify to the Vicar that you wish to receive a blessing. If you have difficulty coming up to the Communion Rail and would like the Vicar to come to you, then please inform a sidesman.

DIARY
Sunday, 12th September
From 12.30 p.m Church Lunch BBQ at St. Cuthbert’s Vicarage –indoors if wet!

Monday, 13th September
9.30 a.m. Sparklers in the Methodist Church Hall
7 p.m. Alpha Course Introduction at the Methodist Church Hall

Tuesday.14th September
6 p.m. Brownies at Burton Overy Church Tower

Wednesday, 15th September
9 a.m. Prayer Group at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage
8 pm. Prayers for Myra at 75 Coverside Road

Thursday, 16th September
10.30 a.m. Drop-In at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.30 p.m. Great Glen PCC at St Cuthbert’s Vicarage

Friday, 17th September
5 p.m. Wedding Rehearsal at St Cuthbert’s Church
7.15 p.m. Choir Practice at St Cuthbert’s Church

Saturday, 18th September
2 p.m. Wedding of Lisa Hutley and Fabien Lemerchant

Sunday, 19th September
7.30 p.m. Ignition at Burton Overy Village Hall

FUTURE EVENTS
Saturday, 9th October at 7 p.m. – Salvation Army Band Concert at St Cuthbert’s Church

NOTICES
Plums – there are still some in Mary’s garden if you’d like to calll in any time and pick some for your own use.

Vicarage BBQ – Today (Sunday, 11th September) sees the last of this summer’s vicarage barbecues. It is a great chance for those who attend different services to meet each other in a friendly and informal way. Just bring along what you want to eat and drink and enjoy. This is an event open to all the benefice and not just Great Glen. Please come along from 12.30 p.m. We shall just have to retreat to the house and kitchen if it’s wet!
Alpha Course – It is not too late to join the current Alpha Course (which has been described as “an opportunity to explore the meaning of life”. The taster session is on Monday, 13th September, at the Methodist Church Hall. The course is Mon, 20th September, to Monday, 29th Nov. Please contact Mary if you wish to participate or for further details.

Year 2 Church Visit – Stoneygate School is bringing 35 children to visit St. Cuthbert’s Church on Friday 24th Sept at 9.30am (ish) for about an hour. Mary needs 5 helpers (inc. someone to show the bells and organ) – please can you let her know if you can help – the children come round in groups of 6 and we tell them about a particular part of the church, eg. Windows, font, or pulpit. Instructions will be given to you first!!

Back to Church Sunday is this year on the 26th September. It is a fact that sometimes people simply get out of the habit of going to church. This year, we’re taking part in this nationally recognised event designed to encourage anyone who has got out of the routine of attending church to come back. Personal invitations are at the back of church for you to give to anyone you feel might be interested.

Salvation Army Band Concert – The Leicester South Salvation Army Band, under their conductor, John Broadhurst, will be giving a concert in St Cuthbert’s Church at 7 p.m. on Saturday, 9th October. The programme will offer a variety of musical styles with something to suit everyone’s taste and will last a little over two hours including an interval. Proceeds from the concert will be going to St Cuthbert’s Church. The cost will be £8. per adult and £2. per child. Refreshments will be provided for donations.

Cinema in Great Glen – The Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in “The Blind Side” (Certificate 12). This award-winning film which has received rave reviews will be shown in the Village Hall on Saturday, 18th September at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are now on sale from Margaret Wood (259 2100).

Hunger Lunch for Niger – the poorest country in the world. There’s been hunger on a massive scale due to sustained drought and then flooding. Rev’d Canon Christopher Oxley is hosting a hunger lunch at his Vicarage, 76 Letchworth Road, Leicester, LE3 6FH, on Monday, 13th September from 12 noon to 1.30 p.m. For more details: Revd Oxley 0116 285 8452.

A Festival of Flowers takes place at St Luke’s Church, Gaddesby from 17th to 19th September (10.30 a.m. until 5 p.m.). The festival is entitled “All Good Gifts Around Us” and is to celebrate harvest-tide. There will be stalls and refreshments. Admission £2.

Bible Study House Group takes place at The Springs, Carlton Lane, Burton Overy on Tuesday, 24th September at 7.30 p.m.

The Diocesan Assembly is on Saturday, 25th September, at the Samworth Academy. The theme of the day is “Food for the Journey” and the whole programme is being set in the framework of a service of Holy Communion. Details of the programme and the numerous workshops to choose from are on the diocesan website. If you would like to go for all or part of the day, you need to register soon.

Children during the 10.30 a.m. Communion Services are invited to move into the north aisle (whether at Glen or Burton) after the Gloria to engage with the day’s bible story in ways that they will appreciate. They rejoin their parents in the pews at The Peace.

Lifts to Services – If you need a lift to any of our services, please contact Howard Bartlett (259 3747) at Glen or Richard Bloor (259 2440) at Burton Overy and they will arrange one for you.

Laughter is a gift: Church Signs:
“Even Satan believes in God” – Elm Grove Baptist Church, USA

Please pray:-
· For couples as they embark on married life, and for those as they prepare for their wedding.
· For and all who are ill or suffering.
· For all the carers of the ill and infirm who do so much and are so often forgotten.
· For the Guides and Brownies (and Rainbows?) and their leaders in Great Glen
· For the miners trapped underground in Chile and for those working to rescue them.
· For religious tolerance to and from those of every faith and viewpoint.

Proverb of the Week: “The LORD will not let the godly starve to death, but he refuses to satisfy the craving of the wicked.” (Proverbs 10 v3)